Fish-shipping tank



July 1o, 1923.v A 1,461,350

. G. L. A. FRIEDRICHS FISH SHIPPING TANK Filed July 3. 1922 A TTORNE Y l traveling.

Patented `July 1o, 1923.

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" FISH-SHIPPING TANK.

Application filed*l July 3, 1922..A SeralNo. 572,615.,

To all whom t may cof/wem.' V

Be it known that I, Gor'rrnmn L. A. FRIEDRrcHs, a citizeny of the Republic of Germany, and a residentof New York, 1n the county of New York andState `of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Fish-Shipping Tank, of which vthe followingis a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates more particularly.

flanges 1S.) and 20 maybe removably laced l My invention has'for its object primarily to a class of shipping containers.

to provide a tank designedto be employed for enabling fish, especially when alive, to be transported to `distant localities in railroad cars, auto trucks and other vehicles without danger'of being killed or injured duringtransit, andwhich is accomplished mainly by providing a substantially waterproof hollow body with an open topjfor holding a quantity of water in which living ish are placed forv transportation-` The body is preferably made 0f canvas or other flexible 'materialso that the sh will not be injured by contact therewith while in transit, and spaced flexible line elements maybe removably laced across the'open top ofrthebody to keep the fish within the body, while on the walls of the body may alsobe provided means to `allow the body and sh to be'held'in suspension Yfor preventing their contact with the vehicle when A further object provide a fish shipping tankv of a simple, eflicient and durable construction which may be made in any appropriate shape and size.. With-these and other objects in View, the invention will be hereinafter more fully de; scribed with reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part ofthis specification in which similar characters lof reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and will then be pointed out the claims at the end of the description.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly fragmentary, of one form of shipping tank embodying my invention, and 1 Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken longitudinally through the tank, part of which is shown'inelev-ation. f

The tank has a hollow body 10 which may be of any suitable size rvand shape,- though the vform of the body illustrated is substantially rectangular toprovide side walls V11, 12, end walls13, 14,-a bottom 15, andan from contact with the .The line elements1r22 and281are preferably i and stitched or otherwise Y,

" through the 'open top of of the invention is to open topk 416'. :Iv Extending fromv .upper l edges ofthe sidewalls and'endawallsof the.

bodylOc'rosswise ofl theuopenftopfl maybev are in'spacedrelatiom and in the flanges at their vfree edges may be l'spaced openings yor eyelets 21. In `the. eyelets of the side flanges; 17 and 18 may be, removably :lacedl line elements 22, and.` in" the eyelets of the end other` line elements 23 whichareidisposed.`

across the linelfelements22l.v The; body -10 proof materiall y sok ythat the body` will f hold water without tendingtovleak and so that when live fish f are placed. in ythe .water in the body they will not be liable to :injury made of rope,

walls of the body.

fastened 0n the exterior of the flexiblefbody at the intersectionr of y itsvvalls with the` which surrounds the body.

serve to prevent the .fish from Hopping,

anges further serve-j to from splashing over the transported to distant localities.

`an outlet to allow from thev body-when desired, and extending `fromthis end wallof the body is',v achute 26 which is-preferabl'yfof a tubular form prothe body, andthe.; 1 prevent thetwater "side 'walls ofthe, l'

bodyaespec'iallyfwhenAV the tankand fish are 90` i vided` so that it surrounds the outlet 2 5 for carrying the discharged water toa distant i place from the body.; The chute 26 is also preferably made of' canvas or other' water-` proof-flexible material, and this chute vmay jbe longer thanv the height ofthe-` body .so

as .shownin'Fig Y j j fios` 1 I to prevent the water inthe body frombeing f thatwhen bent upwardly,

2, its free open end will be-above the-body 'accidentallydischarged through the chute. v i

Tothe rope24 'at spaced parts of the side q walls 17 and "18.of the body are vfastened the lower lends of line elements or ropes,7as 27 and 28 each having on itsu'pper end a loop, as 27. Interiorly of the chute 26jat its free' f i end and at its central parts may be provided stitl'eninp,` bands or rings 30 and 3l to hold the flexible chute in circular form, and to the tree end ot' the chute may be 'fastened one end of a line having on its other end a loop 23. `When the tank With a nurnber of live fish in its body is arranged in a railway car or like vehicle for transportation the body and chute with the lish and Water are suspended by the loops 29 of the ropes 27, 28 being removably hung to hooks provided interiorly of the car so that the body is spaced troni the Walls, bottoni and root of the car, and the loop 33 of the line 32 of the chute 25 is also hung to a hoolr so that its free end lis positioned above the opentop of the body. The. iish may then be transported Without liability of being injured by the jolts of the travelling;` car.

ln the foregoing description, l have ena bodied the preferred form ot my invention, but l do not Wish to be understood as liiniting myself thereto, as l aln aivarethat Inodiiieations may be made' therein without de parting from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, therefore, l reserve to Inyseltx the right to malte such changes as fairly jtall Within the scope thereof.

Having thus describedr my invention, 'l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. A fish shipping tank, comprising a substantially rectangular flexible Waterproof hollow body with an open top and having an outlet in its lower part, a lexiblechute eX- tending from the edge of the outlet opening of the body and the chute being longer than the height oit the body, and ineans on the upper edges ot the Walls ot the body whereby the body may be removably suspended to a support.

2. A fish shipping tank, comprising al substantially rectangular ilexible Waterproof hollow body with an open top, protective flanges extending* 'from the Walls ot the body crosswise oit its open top in siaeed relation,

spaced line elements removably laced to the flanges across the open topof the body, and nieans on the upper edges of the Walls of the body whereby the body may be removably suspended to a support.

3. A lish shipping tank,` comprising; a snbstantially rectangular flexible Waterproof hollen1v body Wit-li an open top and'having an outlet opening` in its lower part.y protective Vflanges extendingv troni the walls ol the body crosswise of its open top in spaced relation, spaced line elements removably laced to the flanges across the open and a flexible tubular chute extending` from the edge of the outlet openingof the body and the chute being longer than the height of the body.

A iisli shipping tank, comprising a. suba tlenible tubular chute extending from the edge ot the outlet openingoi' the body7 andy top of the body.

outlet opening in its lower part, pioteo tive flanges extending troni theivalls of the body erosswise of' its open top in spaced re lation,y spaced line elements removably laced to the flanges across the open top ofthe body,

niovably supported so that vits free end above the body.

rlhis specification signed and witnessed this lst day of July, Al D. 1922. y

GTTFRED L.' A. FREDRICHS. llfitnesses 1 D. MAGUIRE, il. FREDERICK Carnia. 

